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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SEAN MITCHELL A.K.A. ANTWON RAINER

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 8, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Shae Atkinson, Memphis, Tennessee, (on appeal), and Edwin C. Lenow, Memphis, Tennessee, (at trial), for the appellant, Sean Mitchell A.K.A. Antwon Rainer.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Samantha L. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Stacy McEndree and Austin Nichols, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Defendant, Sean Mitchell A.K.A. Antwon Rainer, was indicted for rape and aggravated kidnapping, and a jury convicted Defendant as charged. The trial court sentenced Defendant, pursuant to the repeat violent offender statute, to two life sentences without the possibility of parole and ran the sentences consecutively. On appeal, Defendant argues (1) that the trial court erred by admitting hearsay evidence, (2) that the chain of custody for Defendant’s penile swabs was not properly established, (3) that the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions, and (4) that the trial court erred by imposing excessive sentences. After a thorough review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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